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Q. Who was the first Indian to be made a fellow of the Royal Society of London?

A
A. C. Wadia
B
Srinivas Ramanujam
C
C. V. Raman
D
P. C. Mahalanobis

Correct Answer

A. C. Wadia

More Questions on History

  • Q. The later Mughal King, popularly known as Shah-i-Bekhabar (the Heedless King), was
    A)Jahandar Shah
    B)Bahadur Shah
    C)Muhammad Shah
    D)Shah Alam I
    Answer: Bahadur Shah
  • Q. The last Buddhist king who was a great Sanskrit scholar and a writer was
    A)Ashoka
    B)Kanishka
    C)Bimbisara
    D)Harshavardhana
    Answer: Harshavardhana
  • Q. Assertion (A): Akbar dispensed with the practice of keeping revenue records in the local languages, in addition to Persian. Reason (R): In Mughal lndia, Persian language and literature was well developed and widely in use.
    A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    C)A is true but R is false
    D)A is false but R is true
    Answer: A is true but R is false
  • Q. Who advanced Russia’s boundary to the Black Sea?
    A)Elizabeth of Russia
    B)Catherine the Great
    C)Peter the Great
    D)Peter III of Russia
    Answer: Catherine the Great
  • Q. When did the Battle of Kosovo take place?
    A)1366
    B)1261
    C)1389
    D)1396
    Answer: 1389
  • Q. Where is the Bada Imambara located?
    A)Lucknow
    B)Agra
    C)Patna
    D)Allahabad
    Answer: Lucknow
  • Q. The writers of the East India Company had their training in the college at __________ in England
    A)Manchester
    B)London
    C)Liverpool
    D)Haileybury
    Answer: Haileybury
  • Q. Which of the following countries is regarded as the home of ‘Fabian Socialism’?
    A)England
    B)Russia
    C)France
    D)Italy
    Answer: England
  • Q. Consider the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the historical literary sources of Ancient India? I. The ‘Puranas’ serves as a source of historical facts of ancient India. There are eighteen Puranas. They provide historical information of various dynasties. II. According to Dr. R.C. Majumdar, the war occurred in 1000 B.C. Apart from the Kurukshetra war, the Mahabharata contains various accounts of social life and religious thinking of the people of ancient India
    A)Only II
    B)Only I
    C)Both I and II
    D)Neither I nor II
    Answer: Both I and II
  • Q. Who among the following Sultans of Delhi has been described by the historians as the ‘mixture of opposites’?
    A)Alauddin Khalji
    B)Balban
    C)Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
    D)Ibrahim Lodi
    Answer: Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
  • Q. During the first hundred years of the British rule in India, people’s resentment and opposition to the British policies mainly surfaced in the form of
    A)Peasant uprisings
    B)Tribal uprisings
    C)Civil uprisings
    D)Both A and B above
    Answer: Both A and B above
  • Q. The organic relationship between the ancient culture of the Indus Valley and Hinduism of today is proved by the worship of
    A)Stones, trees and animals
    B)Pashupati, Indra and the Mother Goddess
    C)Vishnu and Lakshmi
    D)Siva and Sakti
    Answer: Stones, trees and animals
  • Q. The architectural raw material generally used in Akbar’s period was
    A)Brick
    B)Marble
    C)Limestone
    D)Redstone
    Answer: Redstone
  • Q. The only Viceroy to be assassinated in India was
    A)Lord Northbrook
    B)Lord Harding
    C)Lord Ellenborough
    D)Lord Mayo
    Answer: Lord Mayo
  • Q. The Indian National congress decided to launch an individual civil disobedience in place of Mass civil Disobedience in:
    A)1935
    B)1942
    C)1933
    D)1928
    Answer: 1933
  • Q. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was the first president of
    A)All India Unity Mahasabha
    B)All India Hindu Mahasabha
    C)All India Kisan Mahasabha
    D)None of these
    Answer: All India Kisan Mahasabha
  • Q. Which of the following animals was not known to the people of Indus Valley Civilisation?
    A)Cow
    B)Horse
    C)Giraffe
    D)Elephant
    Answer: Giraffe
  • Q. When did the USS ‘Panay’ incident happen?
    A)1936
    B)1935
    C)1937
    D)1939
    Answer: 1937
  • Q. The Indus or Harappan Civilisation is distinguished from the other contemporary civilisations by its
    A)underground drainage system
    B)town planning
    C)uniformity of weights and measures
    D)large agricultural surplus
    Answer: underground drainage system
  • Q. In 1916 Mahatma Gandhi travelled to__________ to inspire the peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system
    A)Sabarmati
    B)Dandi
    C)Champaran
    D)Chauri Chaura
    Answer: Champaran

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